RUNNYMEDE GAZETTE

A Journal of the Democratic Resistance

FEBRUARY 2016

EDITORIAL

THE PROPHET REVEALED

CONTENTS

ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF SELECTIONS OF PRACTICAL IDEALISM (PRAKTISCHER IDEALISMUS)

Count Richard Nicolaus Coudenhove-Kalergi; via Balder Blog

RICHARD NIKOLAUS VON COUDENHOVE-KALERGIWikipedia

THE COUDENHOVE-KALERGI PLAN – THE GENOCIDE OF THE PEOPLES OF EUROPE?

(Excerpts) Identità News Team

TACKLING THE EU EMPIRE: A HANDBOOK FOR EUROPE’S DEMOCRATS, WHETHER ON THE POLITICAL RIGHT, LEFT OR CENTRE

The Bruges Group

WHO REALLY CONTROLS THE WORLD?Prof. Dr. Mujahid Kamran; Global Research; New Dawn Magazine

12 METHODS TO UNPLUG FROM THE MATRIXPhillip J. Watt; Waking Times; via Libertarian Alliance Blog

GETTING THE IDEA OF GOVERNMENT AND POLITICAL AUTHORITY OUT OF YOUR MIND

Makia Freeman; Activist Post

“NEGATIVE” INTEREST RATES AND THE WAR ON CASHLiquidity Watch; Prof. Richard A. Werner; Rawjapan; via Critical Thinking

GERMANY JOINS TREND TOWARD CASHLESS SOCIETY: “CASH CONTROLS” BAN TRANSACTIONS OVER €5,000, €500 EURO NOTE

Tyler Durden; Activist Post

THE COLLAPSE OF THE TOO BIG TO FAIL BANKS IN EUROPE IS HEREMichael Snyder; Activist Post

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EDITORIALTHE PROPHET REVEALED

We often recognise things we cannot name … a sound, a shape, a smell, an idea … Then suddenly, as if from the ether, a name for that perception suddenly appears. Then it is instant recognition … deja vu writ large. It was thus with Coudenhove-Kalergi. Having spent half a lifetime watching an unnamed influence at work … as if I was aware of some underground river undercutting the ground beneath our feet … last year I was at long last able to give it a name. At first I thought Kalergi was a spoof, but then reflected that even if he never existed it would be necessary to invent him! An examination of his writings, of the long-term ripple effect of those writings and of the people he attracted … and still attracts … to his banner, tells us pretty well all we need to know not so much about the specific policies and actions, but of the fundamental mind-set, of the European nomenklatura. The works which are of concern here, Pan Europa (1923) and Practical Idealism (1925), are very much products of their period. So the reader must, for example, bear in mind that at that time eugenics was very much in fashion, and not just in Germany. The common view of the world was very much in a racial-ethnic context. Thus Kalergi talks frequently of 'inbreeding'; 'blood'; 'mixed blood' and so forth. The received wisdom of the period was that people of darker skin were inherently inferior to the white races. And the darker the skin, the greater that inherent inferiority. Such ideas are central to Kalergi's thinking. For myself I feel like some country parson who has, more or less by accident, stumbled upon the litany of a Black Sabbath. Reading Kalergi requires a strong stomach and some probing into some distinctly dubious corners of the internet. Much of it reads like a photographic negative of Nazi ideology … obverse yet stemming from much the same mind-set. That said, matters must be confronted, and the run-up to the European plebiscite makes it essential to alert people to the existence of this ideology, a task which has not been entirely pleasant. It is a journey inside the mindset of a former generation, but which contains many harbingers of, and lessons for, the present day. Kalergi's world-view can be summarised thus;- Firstly that the world of the future will be governed by five continental mega-states. That the British Empire is no longer a player would require his 1920's boundaries to be re-drawn, but we now have, of course, the African Union with which to contend. The extent to

which George Orwell was aware of Kalergi's world-vision, when he wrote 1984, with its prediction of the state of Oceania might provide an interesting research project. Secondly, the role of Judaism as the 'spiritual nobility' of Europe is a recurrent, spinal theme of his work. Thirdly, if some form of 'marriage' between European Judaism, which he regards as 'inbred', despite its moral and intellectual superiority, and the old political aristocracy of Europe could take place this would result in the ideal governing elite. His concept of aristocracy is almost one of some sacred governing priesthood. In this regard Kalergi was at least as good as his word in two of his three marriages. Indeed, he achieved precisely that coalition of interest. Both Otto von Habsburg and Baron Louis de Rothschild were quickly recruited to his banner, bringing in their wake many other distinguished men, often of similar background, who were to play pivotal roles in European and world history. It may be no co-incidence that a number of members of Kalergi's so-called 'Jewish aristocracy'... the Rothschilds and Montagus especially ... have married in actual fact into European aristocracy. Lastly, in the world of the future individual cultures and ethnicities would become a thing of the past. As a matter of deliberate policy, large numbers of non-Caucasians should be brought into European so that the Europeans of the future would more 'resemble the Ancient Egyptians', The underlying idea was that such 'miscegenation' with 'blood' then considered inferior would create a single polyglot 'mestizo' race which, because of such a dilution, would be more easy to govern and control. Also of significance are both his membership of higher order Freemasonry and his simultaneous admiration both for aspects of capitalism and of 'Russian Bolshevism' and of many individual movers and shakers in both those supposedly opposing camps. He thus foreshadows what I earlier described as an underground river cutting away at the terra firma under our feet. His anticipated world is of an entirely homogeneous humanity in which all the cultures, languages, ethnicities and local quirks have been reduced to some global mono-cultural, mono-lingual, mono-ethnic gloop, But that is also the world where identical multinational corporate products are sold in identical multinational corporate retail malls and supermarkets from Singapore to Vancouver; of perhaps a single global currency and a single law managed and enforced by Lord-knows-who; where a global agriculture is manifest as a corporate owned genetically engineered chemical prairie stretching from Stockholm to Sydney; and of course of a global system of biometric mass surveillance and control from which there is no escape, even in the remote reaches of Tristan da Cunha and Easter Island. Kalergi is the prophet of the supranational corporate project to Make-Everywhere-The-Same. The Charlemagne prize is is a much trumpeted annual prize for those eminences considered to have contributed most to the cause of a single European state. In contrast most people have never heard of the biennial Coudenhove-Kalergi Prize, the most recent recipients of which have included Angela Merkel and Herman Van Rompuy.Why should the European nomenklatura ordain matters that this particular prize be kept thus hidden? Indeed, it is suggested in the item below that Kalergi's works are even banned in Germany. Yet Kalergi himself … this doyen of all elitists, this elitist's elitist, whose contempt, if not loathing. for ordinary people and their cultures, and whose eugenic notions are

repugnant to the modern world … was not only the first winner of the Charlemagne Prize in 1950 but of a veritable shower of prizes in the following years. Now he even has a prize of his own in his honour. In the lead-up to June 23rd what more does all this need to tell us about the mindset of the Eurocracy?

Frank Taylor

ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF SELECTIONS OF PRACTICAL IDEALISM (PRAKTISCHER

IDEALISMUS) Count Richard Nicolaus Coudenhove-Kalergi (published Vienna

1925); via Balder Blog(This and the subsequent Kalergi items have been edited to avoid repetition, for example of biographical details and quotations, to reduce length and eliminate some speculative commentary, and in a few instances for reasons of taste - Ed)

The Racist and Supremacist Roots of the Ideology behind the European Union

Blog Notes;- Numbers in square brackets refer to the original book / the downloadable pdf-document. A few headings which are not part of the original text have been inserted. This book has probably not been printed in many copies, since it is very hard to get hold of a printed copy today. In Germany the book is practically censored, even though it is not on the official list of books censored by the German government, it is not possible to buy it in Germany, new nor used.When the publishing company 'Independent News' [Unabhängige Nachrichten] around 1990 published a summary of the book and contemplated printing it in it's entirety, the government initiated a police search of the premises, and the only copy of Praktischer Idealismus was confiscated.The book is also not mentioned on the official Internet pages of the Pan European Movement, which is understandable because its content is directly in opposition to the movement's official program. The question is how this discrepancy originated: Was the Pan European Movement hijacked? Or was Praktischer Idealismus only meant for the few in the inner circles, and all the talk of Christian values, democracy etc. only empty rhetoric? Translated from Danish Wikipedia article

Coudenhove Kalergi was not Jewish himself. On his fathers side he was of mixed European descent (Flemish. Chech Hungarian Greek) with lots of nobility. His mother was a Japanese from an aristocratic family. He married the 13 year older Jewess Ida Roland [born Ida Klausner] a popular actress with whom he has two sons. Ida Roland died in 1951. In 1952 he married Alexandra Gräfin von Tiele, born Bally. In 1969 he married the Austrian Jewess Melanie Benatzky Hoffmann.Count R. N. Courdenhove-Kalergi is seen by many as the father of the modern European Union. It was he who suggested Beethovens hymn as the EU's national anthem, and was very active in connection with the design of the EU logo which contains 12 stars which symbolize the 12 tribes of Israel. 2) Otto von Habsburg was Coudenhove-Kalergi's successor as president of the Pan European Union. He is a honorary professor of the University of Jerusalem, and recipient of the 'International Humanitarian Award', of the 'Anti Defamation-League' (ADL) of the Jewish B’nai B’rith Masonry Lodge. Coudenhove-Kalergi's father was a close friend of Theodor Herzl, the founder of Zionism

Europeans to become negroid mongrels

The man of the future will be a mongrel. Today's races and classes will disappear owing to the disappearing of space, time, and prejudice. The Eurasian-Negroid race of the future, similar in its outward appearance to the Ancient Egyptians, will replace the diversity of peoples with a diversity of individuals. [22] Christianity, ethically prepared by the Jewish Essays (John), spiritually prepared by the Jewish Alexandrians (Philo), was regenerated Jewry. Insofar as Europe is Christian, it is in a spiritual sense Jewish, insofar as Europe is moral, it is Jewish. Almost all of European ethics are rooted in Jewry. All protagonists for a religious or non religious Christian morality, from Augustine to Rousseau, Kant and Tolstoy, were Jews of choice in a spiritual sense. Nietzsche is the only non Jew, the only European heathen moralist. In the East the Chinese people are the ethical par excellence [..] - in the West it is the Jews. God was the head of state of the ancient Jews, their moral laws civil law, sin was crime. Through the ages Judaism has remained faithful to the theocratic idea of the identification of politics and ethics: Christianity and Socialism are both attempts to create an earthly paradise. [lit.: a State of God] Two thousand years ago, the ancient Christians - not the Pharisees and Sadducees - were the revivers of the Mosaic tradition; today it is neither the Zionists nor the Christians, but the Jewish leaders of Socialism: because they wish, with the most exalted unselfishness, to erase the original sin of capitalism, to free the people from injustice, violence and subservience and to change the redeemed world into an earthly paradise. [27] From Moses to Weininger ethics have been the main problem for Jewish philosophy. In this ethical basic attitude to the world lies one origin of the exceptional greatness of the Jewish people - at the same time also the danger that Jews who have forgotten their belief in the ethics sink to become cynical egoists: while people with another mentality - even after losing their ethical attitude - still retain some amount of chivalrous values and prejudices (man of honour, gentleman, cavalier etc.), which protects them from the fall into the abyss of values. What mainly separates the Jews from the average city dwellers is the fact that they are inbred people. … Strength of character paired with sharpness of the mind pre-destinates the Jews in their most excellent specimen to become the leaders of urbane humanity, from the false to the genuine spiritual aristocrats to the protagonists of capitalism as well as of the revolution. [28] Now we stand at the threshold of the third epoch of the new times: Socialism. … Also socialism is supported by the urban class of industrial workers, led by the aristocracy of revolutionary writers. The influence of the aristocracy by blood, the influence of the aristocracy of the mind is growing. This development, and with it the chaos of modern politics will only then find its end, when a spiritual aristocracy seizes the means of power of society: [gun] powder, gold, ink, and use them for the blessing of the general public. [32]Communist dictatorship: Important step on the way Russian Bolshevism constitutes a decisive step towards this purpose where a small group of communist spiritual aristocrats govern the country and consciously break with the plutocratic [plutocratic = rule or power through wealth] democratism which nowadays controls the rest of the world. ... The fight between Capitalism and Communism over the inheritance of the beseeched blood aristocracy is a fratricidal war of the victorious brain aristocracy, a fight between individualistic and socialist, egoist and altruist, heathen and Christian spirit. The general staff of both parties is recruited from Europe's spiritual leader race [Führerrasse] the Jews. Capitalism and Communism are both rational, both mechanical, both abstract, both urbane. The military nobility has definitively outplayed its role. The effect of the spirit, the power of the spirit, the belief in the spirit, the hope for the spirit is growing: and with it a new aristocracy. [33] [44] In order to ascend, to advance objectives are needed, to reach objectives people are needed who define objectives, leading on to objectives: aristocracy. ... The aristocrat as a leader is a political concept, the aristocrat as example is an aesthetic ideal. ... The highest challenge demands that aristocracy coincide with nobility, leader with example: that leadership falls to perfect people.European quantity people and Jewish quality people

From the European quantity-people, who only belief in numbers, the mass, two quality races rise up: blood aristocracy and Jewry. Separate from each other both of them stick to their belief in their higher mission, of their better blood, in the different ranks of the people. In both of these heterogenic merited races lies the core of the European nobility of the future: in the feudal blood aristocracy, as far as it did not let itself be corrupted by the farm, in the Jewish spiritual aristocracy as far as it did not let itself be corrupted by money [capitalism]. As guarantee for a better future a small rest of the morally high standing rustic [country-style] aristocracy and a small battle group of revolutionary intelligentsia remains. Here the conformity between Lenin, the man from the lower country aristocracy, and Trotsky, the Jewish literate grows into a symbol: here the contrasts in character and spirit, from squire and literate, from country dwellers and the urbane, heathen and Christian people join into a creative synthesis of revolutionary aristocracy. One step foreword in the spiritual sense would suffice to place the best elements of blood nobility, who in the country have protected their physical and moral health from the depraving influence of the farm scent, at the service of the new liberation of the people. For they are pre destined to this positioning by their traditional courage, their anti-bourgeois and anti-capitalist mentality, their responsibility, their contempt for material advantages, their stoic training of the will, their integrity, their idealism. [45]JEWRY FUTURE NOBILITY AND KHASARS The main representatives of the corrupt as well as the upright brain aristocracy: of capitalism, journalism and the literate are Jews. The superiority of their spirit predestines them to become a main factor of the future nobility. One look at the history of the Jewish people explains its lead in the struggle over the governance of humanity. For two thousand years Jewry was a religious community, made up of ethical and religious predisposed individuals from all nations of the classical cultural area, with a national Hebrew centre in Palestine.. Already at that time the common connecting and primary was not the nation, but the religion. In the course of the first millennium of our calendar proselytes from all peoples entered this denomination [religious sect] not least the king, nobility and the people of the Mongolian Khasars, the masters of southern Russia. Only from then on the Jewish religious community joined itself in an artificial nation and closed itself off from all remaining peoples. Through unspeakable persecutions throughout a millennium Christian Europe tries to exterminate the Jewish people. The result was, that all Jews, who were of weak-willed, opportunistic or skeptical let themselves be baptized, in order to escape the torment of endless persecution. On the other hand all Jews who were not skilled, clever and creative enough to survive this struggle for their existence under these many times harder conditions of life succumbed. Thus in the end from all these persecutions arose a small community, shaped by a heroically endured martyrdom for the idea and cleansed of all weak-willed elements and poverty of mind. Instead of destroying Jewry, Europe, against its own will, refined and educated this people into a future leader-nation through this artificial selection process. … No wonder that this people, that escaped Ghetto-Prison, developed into a spiritual nobility of Europe.A new Noble Race by the Grace of the Spirit Therefore a gracious Providence provided Europe with a new race of nobility through spiritual grace. This happened at the moment when Europe’s feudal aristocracy became dilapidated, and thanks to Jewish emancipation. The first typical representative of this becoming future nobility was the noble-Jew [Edeljude] LaSalle who combines to a high degree physical beauty with nobility of mind and sharpness of the spirit: Aristocrat in the highest and truest sense of the word, he was a born leader and signpost of his time. … The Jewish heroes and martyrs of the Eastern and Middle European Revolution are in no way inferior to the non Jewish heroes of the World War in courage, perseverance and idealism - while they

surpass the latter many times in spirit. [50] With these two attempts to redemption of a spiritual-moral origin, Jewry has bestowed a greater gift on to the disinherited masses of Europe than any other people. How modern Jewry also surpasses all other peoples in percentage of important men: scarcely one century after its liberation this small people stands with Einstein at the frontrunner of modern science; with Mahler as the frontrunner of modern music, with Bergson as a frontrunner of modern philosophy, with Trotsky as the frontrunner of modern politics. [51] Hateful jealous Europeans... The prominent position held by Jewry these days is owed to its spiritual supremacy which enables it to win the spiritual battle over enormous superior numbers of favoured, hateful, jealous rivals. Modern anti-Semitism is one of the many reactionary phenomenons of the mediocre against the supreme; it is a new form of ostracism applied against a whole people. [ostracize = exclude] Inferior majorities, high quality minorities As a people Jewry experiences the eternal struggle of quantity against quality, inferior groups against high quality individuals, inferior majorities against superior minorities. The main roots of anti-Semitism are limitedness and envy: limitedness in the religious or the scientific; envy in the spiritual or financial realm. Because they sprung from an international religious community and not from a local race, the Jews are the people with the most mixed blood; because they have closed themselves off against the other peoples for a millennium, they are also the most inbred. Not only tomorrow's revolutionary spiritual aristocracy - also today's plutocratic black marketeer-Kakistocracy [Kakistocracy = government by the worst] is mainly recruited from Jews: and thus sharpens the agitatory weapons of anti-Semitism. Thousands of years of slavery have bereft the Jews, with rare exceptions, of the gestures of the member of the master race [Herrenmenschen]. Perpetual repression inhibits the development of the personality: and thereby takes away one of the main elements of the esthetic ideals of nobility. A large part of Jewry suffers physically as well as psychologically from this deficiency; this shortcoming is one of the main reasons that the European instinct refuses to accept Jewry as a race of nobility. The resentment with which the suppression has burdened Jewry, gives it much vital tension, but bereaves it of much noble harmony. Excessive inbreeding, in connection with the ghetto past was the cause of many traits of physical and psychological decadence. … What the head of the Jews won, their bodies often lost; what their brains won their nervous systems lost. Thus Jewry suffers from a hypertrophy1) of the brain which is in opposition to the demands of nobility and the harmonic development of the personality. The physical and nervous weakness of many spiritually excellent Jews shows a lack of physical courage (often in connection with the highest form op moral courage) and insecurity in performance, qualities which today seem incompatible with the chivalrous ideal of aristocratic people. [53] Noble Master Race damaged by Slave People So much has the spiritual Master Race of the Jews suffered under the traits of the slave people that have impressed him in his historical development: still today many leading Jewish personalities carry the posture and gestures of the un-free repressed person. In their gestures descended aristocrats are often nobler than excellent Jews. These shortcomings of Jewry, originated because of the development, will again vanish because of development. The adaptation to country style [Rustikalisierung] (a main objective of Zionism), together with sporty upbringing, will free Jewry of the ghetto rest it still carries within itself. That this is possible is proved by the development of American Jewry. The actual freedom and power that Jewry has attained will gradually make the consciousness of those, the consciousness gradually following the posture and gestures of the free, powerful people.

Not only Jewry will move in the direction of the Western aristocratic ideals - also the Western aristocratic ideal will experience a transformation which will meet Jewry half way. In a more peaceful future Europe the aristocracy will strip off its warlike character and exchange it with a spiritual - priestly ditto. ... A pacified and socialized Occident will no longer need masters and rulers, - only leaders, educator, examples. [54] Europe has been conquered religiously by Jews, - military by the Germanics: In Asia the religions of India and Arabia were victorious, while their supreme political power is Japan.The German version of the excerpts on this page - Auszüge aus Praktischer Idealismus. Download the whole book in German: Praktischer Idealismus (pdf)

Footnotes1) Hypertrophy is the increase of the size of an organ or in a select area of the tissue2) Quote from Die Welt August 26 1998, P. 12. 'Die Zwölfzahl der Sterne ist ein Hinweis auf die zwölf Stammen Israels und somit auf das auserwählte Volk Gottes.' ['The number twelve of the stars is a reference to the twelve tribes of Israel and thereby to God's chosen people.'] The family of (Samuel Moses) Del Branco in 1559 moved from Italy to Germany taking the name Warburg. In 1798, the family founded the bank of M. M. Warburg & Co. Paul Warburg was a German immigrant arriving in America together with his brother Felix. Both brothers, who were Illuminati and also member of B'nai B'rith, became partners of the banking house Kuhn, Loeb & Co.The well-known freemason James Paul Warburg said before the US Senate on 17 February 1950: "We shall have World Government, whether we like it or not. The only question is whether World Government will be achieved by conquest or consent."Paul Warburg was married to Nina Loeb, daughter of the banker Salomon Loeb. Kuhn, Loeb & Co., of the most influential finance company in the United States in the early 1900s. Paul's brother Felix Warburg was married to Frieda Schiff, whose father was the notorious Jacob Schiff. Schiff, a leading Zionist, was the principal owner of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. He had helped finance Lev Trotsky when the bolsheviks seized power. Prior to that, he had helped Alexander Kerensky (Aron Kiirbis) to power. Jacob Schiff had further ordered Lenin to execute the tsar family, as demonstrated by the telegram he sent to Lenin.

Coudenhove-Kalergi in his autobiography: "At the beginning of 1924, we received a call from Baron Louis de Rothschild; one of his friends, Max Warburg from Hamburg, had read my book and wanted to get to know us. To my great surprise, Warburg spontaneously offered us 60,000 gold marks, to tide the movement over for its first three years .... Max Warburg, who was one of the most distinguished and wisest men that I have ever come into contact with, had a principle of financing these movements. He remained sincerely interested in Pan-Europe for his entire life. Max Warburg arranged his 1925 trip to the United States to introduce me to Paul Warburg and financier Bernard Baruch."Ludwig von Mises (supported the Rockefeller Foundation) also participated in Kalergi's Pan-European Movement. Later von Mises disciples Arthur Burns and Milton Friedman spread von Mises ideas through a network of secret 'conservative' think tanks, led by the Mont Pelerin Society. RICHARD NIKOLAUS VON COUDENHOVE-

KALERGIExcerpts from Wikipedia

Richard Nikolaus Eijiro, Count of Coudenhove-Kalergi[1] (Born; 16 November 1894; Tokyo. Died 27 July 1972; Schruns, Austria) was an Austrian-Japanese politician, philosopher and count of Coudenhove-Kalergi. A pioneer of European integration, he served as the founding president of the Paneuropean Union for 49 years. His parents were Heinrich von Coudenhove-Kalergi, an Austro-Hungarian diplomat, and Mitsuko Aoyama, the daughter of an oil merchant, antiques-dealer, and major landowner in Tokyo.[2] His childhood name in Japan was Aoyama Eijiro. He became a Czechoslovak citizen in 1919 and then took French nationality from 1939 until his death. His first book, Pan-Europa, was published in 1923, and contained a membership form for the Pan-

Europa movement which held its first Congress in Vienna in 1926. In 1927, Aristide Briand was elected honorary president of the Pan-Europa movement. Public figures who attended Pan-Europa congresses included Albert Einstein, Thomas Mann and Sigmund Freud.[3] Kalergi was the first recipient of the Charlemagne Prize in 1950. The 1972–1973 academic year at the College of Europe was named in his honour.

Personal philosophy

Aristocratic in his origins and elitist in his ideas, Kalergi identified and collaborated with such politicians as Engelbert Dollfuss, Kurt Schuschnigg, Otto von Habsburg, Winston Churchill, and Charles de Gaulle.[9] His ideal political constituent was a gentleman who must respect and protect ladies, a person adhering to honesty, fair play, courtesy, and rational discourse. He strove to replace the nationalist German ideal of racial community with the goal of an ethnically heterogeneous and inclusive European nation based on a commonality of culture, a nation whose geniuses were the "great Europeans" such as abbé de Saint-Pierre, Kant, Napoleon, Giuseppe Mazzini, Victor Hugo, and Friedrich Nietzsche.

Pan-European political activist

Coudenhove-Kalergi is recognized as the founder of the first popular movement for a united Europe. His intellectual influences ranged from Kjellén and Spengler to Schopenhauer and Nietzsche. In politics, he was an enthusiastic supporter of "fourteen points" made by Woodrow Wilson in 1918 and pacifist initiatives of Kurt Hiller.. In December 1921, he joined the Masonic lodge "Humanitas" in Vienna. In 1922, he co-founded the Pan-European Union (PEU) with Archduke Otto von Habsburg, as "the only way of guarding against an eventual world hegemony by Russia." In 1923, he published a manifesto entitled Pan-Europa, each copy containing a membership form which invited the reader to become a member of the Pan-Europa movement. He favoured social democracy as an improvement on "the feudal aristocracy of the sword" but his ambition was to create a conservative society that superseded democracy with "the social aristocracy of the spirit." European freemason lodges supported his movement, including the lodge Humanitas. Pan-Europa was translated into the languages of European countries. According to his autobiography, at the beginning of 1924 his friend Baron Louis de Rothschild introduced him to Max Warburg who offered to finance his movement for the next 3 years by giving him 60,000 gold marks. Warburg remained sincerely interested in the movement for the remainder of his life and served as an intermediate for Kalergi with influential Americans such as banker Paul Warburg and financier Bernard Baruch. In 1924, Kalergi founded the journal Paneuropa of which he was editor and principal author. The next year he started publishing his main work, the Kampf um Paneuropa (The fight for Paneuropa, 1925–1928, three volumes). In 1926, the first Congress of the Pan-European Union was held in Vienna and the 2,000 delegates elected Kalergi as president of the Central Council, a position he held until his death in 1972. His original vision was for a world divided into only five states: a United States of Europe that would link continental countries with French and Italian possessions in Africa; a Pan-American Union encompassing North and South Americas; the British Commonwealth circling the globe; the USSR spanning Eurasia; and a Pan-Asian Union whereby Japan and China would control most of the Pacific. To him, the only hope for a Europe devastated by war was to federate along lines that the Hungarian-born Romanian Aurel Popovici and others had proposed for the dissolved multinational Empire of Austria-Hungary. According to Kalergi, Pan-Europe would encompass and extend a more flexible and more competitive Austria-Hungary, with English serving as world language, spoken by everyone in addition to their native tongue. He believed that individualism and socialism would learn to cooperate instead of compete, and urged that capitalism and communism cross-fertilize each other just as the Protestant Reformation had spurred the Catholic Church to regenerate itself. Coudenhove-Kalergi proposed Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" as the Anthem of Europe in 1929, which he later proposed in 1955. In 1930, he proposed a Europe Day in May. Unfortunately, his Pan-Europeanism earned vivid loathing from Adolf Hitler, who excoriated its pacifism and mechanical economism and belittled its founder as "a bastard." Nazis considered the Pan-European Union to be under the control of freemasonry. In 1938, a Nazi propaganda book was released reveal(ing) Kalergi's membership of freemasonry.

On the other hand, he had already left the Viennese lodge in 1926 to avoid criticism (of the) relationship between the Pan-European movement and freemasonry. He wrote his masonic membership in Ein Leben für Europa (A Life for Europe) in 1966. In fact, its Nazi propaganda book also described his action in 1924–1925 only. However, this propaganda also stated that "The Grand Lodge of Wien went enthusiastically to work for the Pan European Union in a call to all Masonic chief authorities. Even the Masonic newspaper The Beacon enthused about the thoughts of the higher degree Freemason Kalergi, and stated in March, 1925: "Freemasonry, … may be eminently satisfied to have Kalergi among its members … (and) … can rightly report that Brother Kalergi fights for his Pan European beliefs: political honesty, social insight, the struggle against lies, striving for the recognition and cooperation of all those of good will. In this higher sense, Brother Kalergi's program is Masonic work of the highest order ... The end of war inaugurated a revival of pan-European hopes. In 1945, Harry S. Truman read an article that Kalergi posted about the integration of Europe … and it was adopted to the United States' official policy. Winston Churchill's celebrated speech of 19 September 1946 to the Academic Youth in Zurich commended "the exertions of the Pan-European Union which owes so much to Count Kalergi and which commanded the services of the famous French patriot and statesman Aristide Briand." In 1946 and 1947, Kalergi circulated an enquiry to members of European parliaments, (which) resulted in the founding of the European Parliamentary Union (EPU). Speaking at the first EPU conference, Kalergi argued that the constitution of a wide market with a stable currency was the vehicle for Europe to reconstruct its potential and take the place it deserves within the concert of Nations. On less guarded occasions he was heard to advocate a revival of Charlemagne's empire. In 1950 he received the first annual Karlspreis (Charlemagne Award), given by the German city of Aachen to people who contributed to the European idea and European peace. He continued his advocacy of European unification in memoranda circulated to the governments of Germany, France, the UK, and Italy. He recommended negotiations between the European Community and the European Free Trade Association towards forming a "European customs union" that would be free of political and military connections, but would eventually adopt a monetary union.

Views on race and religion

In his attitudes towards race and religion, Kalergi continued the work of his father. In his youth, the elder Kalergi was an antisemite. He had expected to confirm his antipathy towards the Jews when he started working on his treatise Das Wesen des Antisemitismus came to a different conclusion by the time he published his book in 1901. Following an ironic critique of the new racial theories, he declared that the essence of antisemitism amounted to nothing more credible than fanatical religious hatred. He traced that fanaticism to religious bigotry that originated in the promulgation of Torah under Ezra. According to the elder Kalergi, Jewish religious bigotry provoked opposition from the relatively tolerant Greco-Roman polytheists, eliciting their anti-Judaic reaction. Heinrich Coudenhove-Kalergi credited the Jews with originating religious intolerance, and condemned it as a violation of genuine religious principles. He branded every sort of anti-Judaism unchristian. In an interview in the first Pan-European Congress in 1926, Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi expressed the supports on Jews by the Pan-European movement and the benefits to Jews with the elimination of racial hatred and economic rivalry brought by the United States of Europe. In his book Praktischer Idealismus (Practical Idealism), he wrote:

“ The man of the future will be of mixed race. Today's races and classes will gradually disappear owing to the vanishing of space, time, and prejudice. The Eurasian-Negroid race of the future, similar in its appearance to the Ancient Egyptians, will replace the diversity of peoples with a diversity of individuals. ”

“ Instead of destroying European Jewry, Europe, against its own will, refined and educated this people into a future leader-nation through this artificial selection process. No wonder that this people, that escaped Ghetto-Prison, developed into a spiritual nobility of Europe. Therefore a gracious Providence provided Europe with a new race of nobility by the Grace of Spirit. This happened at the moment when Europe's feudal aristocracy became dilapidated, and thanks to Jewish emancipation. ”

Soka Gakkai invitation

Kalergi visited Japan at the invitation of the Soka Gakkai in 1970. During his stay, he and Daisaku Ikeda conducted a formal dialogue over the course of several days. He also visited the campus of Soka University in Tokyo, which was under construction at that time. Two decades later, in 1990, Ikeda proposed that Kalergi's favorite song, Beethoven's "Ode to Joy," be regularly performed at major Soka Gakkai meetings.

“Every great political happening began as a Utopia and ended as a Reality."

“We are experiencing the most dangerous revolution in world history: the revolution of the State against man. We are experiencing the worst idolatry of all time: the deification of the state “

Awards and honours

1950: Charlemagne Prize1954: Officer of the Legion of Honour[60]1962: Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver with Star of the Republic of Austria1965: Sonning Prize1966: Europäischer Karlspreis der Sudetendeutschen Landsmannschaft1967: Order of the Sacred Treasure, 1st class of Japan1967: Kajima Peace Award[49]1972: Konrad Adenauer Prize1972: Knight Commander's Cross of the Federal Republic of Germany

THE COUDENHOVE-KALERGI PLAN – THE GENOCIDE OF THE PEOPLES OF EUROPE?

(Excerpts) Identità Italy; News Team Mass immigration is a phenomenon, the causes of which are still cleverly concealed by the system, and the multicultural propaganda is trying to falsely portray it as inevitable. With this article we intend to prove once and for all, that this is not a spontaneous phenomenon. What they want to present as an inevitable outcome of modern life, is actually a plan conceived around a table and prepared for decades, to completely destroy the face of the continent.

The Pan-Europe

In 1922 (Kalergi) founded the “Pan-European” movement in Vienna, which aimed to create a New World Order, based on a federation of nations led by the United States. European integration would be the first step in creating a world government. Among the first supporters, including Czech politicians Tomáš Masaryk and Edvard Beneš and the banker Max Warburg, who invested the first 60,000 marks. The Austrian Chancellor Ignaz Seipel and the next president of Austria, Karl Renner, took the responsibility for leading the “Pan-European” movement. Later, French politicians, such as Léon Bloum, Aristide Briand, Alcide De Gasperi, etc will offer their help.

The essence of the Kalergi plan

In his book «Praktischer Idealismus», Kalergi indicates that the residents of the future “United States of Europe” will not be the People of the Old Continent, but a kind of sub-humans, products of miscegenation. He clearly states that the peoples of Europe should interbreed with Asians and coloured races, thus creating a multinational flock with no quality and easily controlled by the ruling elite. Kalergi proclaims the abolition of the right of self-determination and then the elimination of nations with the use of ethnic separatist movements and mass migration. In order for Europe to be controlled by an

elite, he wants to turn people into one homogeneous mixed breed of Blacks, Whites and Asians. Who is is this elite however? Kalergi is particularly illuminating on this:

The man of the future will be of mixed race. The races and classes of today will gradually disappear due to the elimination of space, time, and prejudice. The Eurasian-negroid race of the future, similar in appearance to the Ancient Egyptians, will replace the diversity of peoples and the diversity of individuals. ...

Although no textbook mentions Kalergi, his ideas are the guiding principles of the European Union. The belief that the peoples of Europe should be mixed with Africans and Asians, to destroy identity and create a single mestizo race, is the basis of all community policies that aim to protect minorities. Not for humanitarian reasons, but because of the directives issued by the ruthless Regime that machinates the greatest genocide in history. The Coudenhove-Kalergi European Prize is awarded every two years to Europeans who have excelled in promoting this criminal plan. Among those awarded with such a prize are Angela Merkel and Herman Van Rompuy. The incitement to genocide, is also the basis of the constant appeals of the United Nations, that demands we accept millions of immigrants to help with the low birth rates of the EU. According to a report published on January 2000 in «Population division» Review of the United Nations in New York, under the title “Immigration replacement: A solution to declining and ageing population,” Europe will need by 2025 159,000,000 migrants. One could wonder how there can be such accuracy on the estimates of immigration, although it was not a premeditated plan. It is certain that the low birth rate could easily be reversed with appropriate measures to support families. It is just as clear that it is the contribution of foreign genes do not protect our genetic heritage, but that it enables their disappearance. The sole purpose of these measures is to completely distort our people, to turn them into a group of people without national, historical and cultural cohesion. In short, the policies of the Kalergi plan was and still is, the basis of official government policies aimed at genocide of the Peoples of Europe, through mass immigration. G. Brock Chisholm, former director of the World Health Organization (OMS), proves that he has learned the lesson of Kalergi well when he says: “What people in all places have to do is to limit of birthrates and promote mixed marriages (between different races), this aims to create a single race in a world which will be directed by a central authority. ”

Conclusions

If we look around us, the Kalergi plan seems to be fully realized. We face Europe’s fusion with the Third World. The plague of interracial marriage produces each year thousands of young people of mixed race: “The children of Kalergi”. Under the dual pressures of misinformation and humanitarian stupefaction, promoted by the MSM, the Europeans are being taught to renounce their origin, to renounce their national identity. The servants of globalization are trying to convince us that to deny our identity, is a progressive and humanitarian act, that “racism” is wrong, because they want us all to be blind consumers. It is necessary, now more than ever, to counter the lies of the System, to awaken the revolutionary spirit Europeans. Every one must see this truth, that European Integration amounts to genocide. We have no other option, the alternative is national suicide.

Award of the Coudenhove-Kalergi Prize to President Van Rompuy

On November 16th 2012, the President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, was awarded the Coudenhove-Kalergi Prize, during a special conference in Vienna, to celebrate 90 years of pan-European movement. The prize is awarded every two years to leading personalities for their outstanding contribution to the process of European integration. A decisive factor that helped him win the prize was the balanced way in which President Van Rompuy executed his duties in the new position of President of the European Council, which was established by the Treaty of Lisbon. He handled this particularly sensitive leading and coordinating role with a spirit of determination and reconciliation, while emphasis was also given to his skilful arbitration on European affairs and unfailing commitment to European moral values. Mr Van Rompuy described the unification of Europe as a peace project. This idea, which was also the

objective of the work of Coudenhove-Kalergi, after 90 years is still important. The award bears the name of Count Richard Nicolaus von Coudenhove-Kalergi, philosopher, diplomat, publisher and founder of the Pan-European Movement. Kalergi was the pioneer of European integration and popularized the idea of a federal Europe. Among the winners of the award, the Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel (2010) and the President of Latvia Vaira Vike-Freiberga (2006), are included.

This article is a translation of an Italian article, originally posted on Identità.

TACKLING THE EU EMPIRE: A HANDBOOK FOR EUROPE’S

DEMOCRATS, WHETHER ON THE POLITICAL RIGHT, LEFT OR CENTRE

The Bruges Group (In promoting Professor Anthony Coughlan's handbook for Europe’s democrats, the Bruges Group offers an apt postscript for the Kalergi items - Ed)

The glory of European civilisation has been the diversity of its national components – in culture, science, political institutions, economic actors, legal systems, education systems, tax codes, fashion. In classical Europe emulation and competition between nations, communities and individuals spurred creativity and innovation. The peak of Europe’s cultural achievements occurred when its political units were numerous and small – in Athenian Greece, Renaissance Italy, 17th century Netherlands, 18th century Germany. This classical Europe, which is synonymous with much of what is best in human civilization, is the opposite of the centralised “Europe” of the Brussels bureaucracy, with its mania for imposing uniformity and “harmonization” by means of its supranational laws. The EU is a Supranational political construct. Supranationalism is the opposite of internationalism, which is a benign and progressive concept. Internationalism – from Latin inter, “between” – implies the pre-existence of sovereign Nation States. It refers to relations of co-operation between the States that constitute the international community, but with each controlling and deciding its own domestic and external affairs in accordance with the wishes of its people. Recognition of States based on the right to self-determination of nations and peoples is a basic principle of modern democracy and international law. Supranationalism, in contrast to internationalism, implies a hierarchy, with the supranational level on top. Internationalism implies legal and political equality between the parties. Properly understood, internationalism is opposed to all forms of chauvinism and xenophobia. It implies coexistence among progressive “nationalisms” – that is, broad nationalisms rather than narrow, using the positive rather than the negative sense of that word in English. It implies patriotism and love of country, combined with respect for the many national communities into which humanity is divided and admiration for their varied cultural and other achievements. Internationalism delights in the diversity of nations. Supranationalism seeks to erode national differences and seeks the erosion of State sovereignty. Internationalism seeks to establish and maintain it. Supranationalism means rule by technocrats, supposed experts who are not elected, without democratic control. The EU Commission is a good example. Supranationalism leaves ordinary people cold. In the EU it means “Brussels talking to Brussels” as the elite groups concerned get ever more removed from citizens and voters in the different national communities they come from.

WHO REALLY CONTROLS THE WORLD?Prof. Dr. Mujahid Kamran; Global Research; New Dawn Magazine

(Although some of the following content may be a little fanciful I thought, on balance it worth publishing. I am not much of a fan of John Coleman, cited below. In his work he makes many statements about the alleged 'Committee of 300' and other matters, but offers not a scintilla of evidence in support of any of them. On a different topic the Canadian Committee for Monetary and Economic Reform ... COMER ... has a different narrative regarding President Kennedy's Executive Order 11110. I would welcome any further elaboration on that point - Ed)

Since I entered politics, I have chiefly had men’s views confided to me privately. Some of the biggest men in the United States, in the field of commerce and manufacture, are afraid of something. They know that there is a power somewhere so organised, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it. Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States (1856-1924)So you see, my dear Coningsby, that the world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes. Benjamin Disraeli, The advent of the industrial revolution, the invention of a banking system based on usury, and scientific and technological advancements during the past three centuries have had three major consequences. These have made the incredible concentration of wealth in a few hands possible, have led to the construction of increasingly deadly weapons culminating in weapons of mass destruction, and have made it possible to mould the minds of vast populations by application of scientific techniques through the media and control of the educational system. The wealthiest families on planet earth call the shots in every major upheaval that they cause. Their sphere of activity extends over the entire globe, and even beyond, their ambition and greed for wealth and power knows no bounds, and for them, most of mankind is garbage – “human garbage.” It is also their target to depopulate the globe and maintain a much lower population compared to what we have now. It was Baron Nathan Mayer de Rothschild (1840-1915) who once said:“I care not what puppet is placed on the throne of England to rule the British Empire on which the sun never sets. The man that controls Britain’s money supply controls the British Empire, and I control the British money supply.” What was true of the British Empire is equally true of the US Empire, controlled remotely by the London based Elite through the Federal Reserve System. Judged by its consequences, the Federal Reserve System is the greatest con job in human history. It is sad and painful that man’s most beautiful construction, and the source of most power and wealth on earth, viz. scientific knowledge – the most sublime, most powerful and most organised expression of man’s inherent gift of thought, wonder and awe – became a tool for subjugation of humanity, a very dangerous tool in the hands of a tiny group of men. These men “hire” the scientist and take away, as a matter of right, the power the scientist creates through his inventions. This power is then used for their own purposes, at immense human and material cost to mankind. The goal of this handful of men, the members of the wealthiest families on the planet, the Elite, is a New World Order, a One World Government, under their control. Secrecy and anonymity is integral to the operations of the Elite as is absolute ruthlessness, deep deception and the most sordid spying and blackmail. The Elite pitches nations against each other, and aims at the destruction of religion and other traditional values, creates chaos, deliberately spreads poverty and misery, and then usurps power placing its stooges in place. These families “buy while the blood is still flowing in the streets” (Rothschild dictum). Wars, “revolutions” and assassinations are

part of their tactics to destroy traditional civilisation and traditional religions (as in Soviet Russia), amass wealth and power, eliminate opponents, and proceed relentlessly towards their avowed goal, generation after generation. They operate through covert and overt societies and organisations. Professor Carroll Quigley wrote:The powers of financial capitalism had another far reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands to be able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole. This system was to be controlled in a feudalist fashion by the central banks of the world acting in concert, by secret agreements, arrived at in private meetings and conferences.… The growth of financial capitalism made possible a centralisation of world economic control and use of this power for the direct benefit of financiers and the indirect injury to all other economic groups. Winston Churchill, who was eventually “bored by it all,” wrote around 1920:From the days of Spartacus-Weishaupt to those of Karl Marx, to those of Trotsky, Bela Kun, Rosa Luxembourg, and Emma Goldman, this world wide conspiracy for the overthrow of civilisation and reconstitution of society on the basis of arrested development, of envious malevolence and impossible equality, has been steadily growing. It played a definitely recognisable role in the tragedy of French Revolution. It has been the mainspring of every subversive movement during the nineteenth century, and now at last, this band of extraordinary personalities from the underworld of the great cities of Europe and America have gripped the Russian people by the hair of their heads, and have become practically the undisputed masters of that enormous empire.

The High Cabal Exposed by JFK It was in the dark days of World War II that Churchill referred to the existence of a “High Cabal” that had brought about unprecedented bloodshed in human history. Churchill is also said to have remarked about the Elite: “They have transported Lenin in a sealed truck like a plague bacillus from Switzerland into Russia…” (quoted by John Coleman in The Tavistock Institute of Human Relations, Global Publications 2006). Who are ‘they’? Consider the 1961 statement of US President John F. Kennedy (JFK) before media personnel:The word secrecy is repugnant in a free and open society, and we are as a people, inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, secret oaths and secret proceedings. For we are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy, that relies primarily on covert means for expanding its sphere of influence. It depends on infiltration instead of invasion, on subversion instead of elections, on intimidation instead of free choice. It is a system which has conscripted vast human and material resources into the building of a tightly knit, highly efficient machine that combines military, diplomatic, intelligence, economic, scientific, and political operations. Its preparations are concealed, not published, its mistakes are buried, not headlined, and its dissenters are silenced, not praised, no expenditure is questioned, no secret revealed… I am asking your help in the tremendous task of informing and alerting the American people.” Secret societies, secret oaths, secret proceedings, infiltration, subversion, intimidation – these are the words used by JFK! On June 4, 1963, JFK ordered the printing of Treasury dollar bills instead of Federal Reserve notes (Executive Order 11110). He also ordered that once these had been printed, the Federal Reserve notes would be withdrawn, and the Treasury bills put into circulation. A few months later (November 22, 1963) he was killed in broad daylight in front of the whole world – his brains blown out. Upon assumption of power, his successor, President Lyndon Johnson, immediately reversed the order to switch to Treasury bills showing very clearly why JFK was murdered. Another order of JFK, to militarily disengage from the Far East by withdrawing US “advisors” from Vietnam, was also immediately reversed after his death. After the Cuban crisis JFK wanted peaceful non-confrontational coexistence with the Soviet Union and that meant no wars in the world. He knew the next war would be nuclear and there would be no winners. The defence industry and the banks that make money from war belong to the Elite. The Elite subscribes to a dialectical Hegelian philosophy, as pointed out by Antony Sutton, under which they

bring about ‘controlled conflict’. The two world wars were ‘controlled conflicts’! Their arrogance, their ceaseless energy, their focus, their utter disregard for human life, their ability to plan decades in advance, to act on that planning, and their continual success are staggering and faith-shaking. Statements by men like Disraeli, Wilson, Churchill, JFK and others should not leave any doubt in the mind of the reader about who controls the world. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt wrote in November 1933 to Col. Edward House: “The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the larger centres has owned the government since the days of Andrew Jackson.” It may be recalled that Andrew Jackson, US President from 1829-1837, was so enraged by the tactics of bankers (Rothschilds) that he said:“You are a den of vipers. I intend to rout you out and by the Eternal God I will rout you out. If the people only understood the rank injustice of our money and banking system, there would be a revolution before morning.”

Interlocking Structure of Elite Control In his book Big Oil and Their Bankers in the Persian Gulf: Four Horsemen, Eight Families and Their Global Intelligence, Narcotics and Terror Network, Dean Henderson states: “My queries to bank regulatory agencies regarding stock ownership in the top 25 US bank holding companies were given Freedom of Information Act status, before being denied on ‘national security’ grounds. This is ironic since many of the bank’s stockholders reside in Europe.” This is, on the face of it, quite astonishing but it goes to show the US government works not for the people but for the Elite. It also shows that secrecy is paramount in Elite affairs. No media outlet will raise this issue because the Elite owns the media. Secrecy is essential for Elite control – if the world finds out the truth about the wealth, thought, ideology and activities of the Elite there would be a worldwide revolt against it. Henderson further states: The Four Horsemen of Banking (Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup and Wells Fargo) own the Four Horsemen of Oil (Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch/Shell, BP Amoco and Chevron Texaco); in tandem with other European and old money behemoths. But their monopoly over the global economy does not end at the edge of the oil patch. According to company 10K filings to the SEC, the Four Horsemen of Banking are among the top ten stockholders of virtually every Fortune 500 corporation. It is well known that in 2009, of the top 100 largest economic entities of the world, 44 were corporations. The wealth of these families, which are among the top 10% shareholders in each of these, is far in excess of national economies. In fact, total global GDP is around 70 trillion dollars. The Rothschild family wealth alone is estimated to be in the trillions of dollars. So is the case with the Rockefellers who were helped and provided money all along by the Rothschilds. The US has an annual GDP in the range of 14-15 trillion dollars. This pales into insignificance before the wealth of these trillionaires. With the US government and most European countries in debt to the Elite, there should be absolutely no doubt as to who owns the world and who controls it. To quote Eustace Mullins from his book The World Order:The Elites rule the US through their Foundations, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the Federal Reserve System with no serious challenges to their power. Expensive ‘political campaigns’ are routinely conducted, with carefully screened candidates who are pledged to the program of the World Order. Should they deviate from the program, they would have an ‘accident’, be framed on a sex charge, or indicted in some financial irregularity. The Elite members operate in absolute unison against public benefit, against a better life for mankind in which the individual is free to develop his or her innate creativity, a life free of war and bloodshed. James Forrestal, the first Secretary of Defence of the US, became aware of Elite intrigue and had, according to Jim Marrs, accumulated 3,000 pages of notes to be used for writing a book. He died in mysterious circumstances and was almost certainly murdered. His notes were taken away and a sanitised version made public after one year! Just before he died, almost fifteen months before the outbreak of the Korean War, he had revealed that American soldiers would die in Korea! Marrs quotes Forrestal: “These men are not incompetent or stupid. Consistency has never been a mark of stupidity. If they were merely stupid, they would occasionally make a mistake in our favour.” The Bilderberg Group, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Trilateral Commission and the mother of all these, The Royal

Institute of International Affairs, are bodies where decisions about the future of mankind are arrived at. Who set these up and control them? The “international bankers” of course. In his book The Secret Team: The CIA and Its Allies in Control of the United States and the World, Col. Fletcher Prouty, who was the briefing officer to the President of the US from 1955-1963, writes about “an inner sanctum of a new religious order.” By the phrase Secret Team he means a group of “security-cleared individuals in and out of government who receive secret intelligence data gathered by the CIA and the National Security Agency (NSA) and who react to those data.” He states: “The power of the Team derives from its vast intra-governmental undercover infrastructure and its direct relationship with great private industries, mutual funds and investment houses, universities, and the news media, including foreign and domestic publishing houses.” He further adds: “All true members of the Team remain in the power centre whether in office with the incumbent administration or out of office with the hard-core set. They simply rotate to and from official jobs and the business world or the pleasant haven of academe.”Training the Young for Elite Membership It is very remarkable as to how ‘they’ are able to exercise control and how ‘they’ always find people to carry out the job, and how is it ‘they’ always make the ‘right’ decision at the right time? This can only be possible if there exists a hidden program of inducting and training cadres mentally, ideologically, philosophically, psychologically and ability-wise, over prolonged periods of time and planting them in the centres of power of countries like the US, UK, etc. This training would begin at a young age in general. There must also be a method of continual appraisal, by small groups of very highly skilled men, of developing situations with ‘their’ men who are planted throughout the major power centres of the world so that immediate ‘remedial’ action, action that always favours Elite interests, can be taken. How does that happen? It is in finding answers to these questions that the role of secret societies and their control of universities, particularly in the US, assumes deeper importance. The work done by men like Antony Sutton, John Coleman, Eustace Mullins and others is ground breaking. Mankind owes a debt to such scholars who suffer for truth but do not give in. Whenever you trace the money source of important initiatives designed to bring about major wars, lay down policies for the future, enhance control of the Elite over mankind, etc., you will invariably find them linked to the so called banking families and their stooges operating out of Foundations. In April 2008 I was among approximately 200 Vice Chancellors, Rectors and Presidents of universities from Asia, Africa, Europe and the US at a two day Higher Education Summit for Global Development, held at the US State Department in Washington DC. The Summit was addressed by five US Secretaries, including Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. The real emphasis throughout the Summit was only on one thing – that universities in developing countries operate in partnership with foundations so that global problems could be solved! These are private foundations and the only way to understand this emphasis is to realise the US government is owned by those who own these foundations. As an aside the inaugural address was delivered by the war criminal responsible for millions of deaths in Rwanda, trained in US military institutions, and awarded a doctorate – Dr. Paul Kagame! The very first presentation was made by the CEO of the Agha Khan Foundation! In a fascinating study of the Yale secret society Skull and Bones, Antony Sutton uncovered numerous aspects of profound importance about this one society. In his book America’s Secret Establishment – An Introduction to the Order of Skull & Bones, Sutton points out there is a set of “Old Line American Families and New Wealth” that dominates The Order (of Skull & Bones) – the Whitney family, the Stimson family, the Bundy family, the Rockefeller family, the Harriman family, the Taft family, the Bush family, and so on. He also points out that there is a British connection: The links between the Order and Britain go through Lazard Freres and the private merchant bankers. Notably the British establishment also founded a University – Oxford University, and especially All Souls College at Oxford. The British element is called ‘The Group’. The Group links to the Jewish equivalent through the Rothschilds in Britain (Lord Rothschild was an original member of Rhodes’ ‘inner circle’). The Order in the US links to the Guggenheim, Schiff and Warburg families… There is an Illuminati connection. Every year 15 young men, and very recently women, have been inducted into The Order from Yale students since 1832. Who selects them? A study of the career trajectories of many of those ‘chosen’

shows how they rise to prominence in American life and how their peers ensure these men penetrate the very fabric of important US institutions. They are always there in key positions during war and peace, manipulating and watching ceaselessly. The influence of the Elite families on the thought processes of nations is carried out through academic institutions and organisations, as well as the media. Sutton writes:Among academic associations the American Historical Association, the American Economic Association, the American Chemical Society, and the American Psychological Association were all started by members of The Order or persons close to The Order. These are key associations for the conditioning of society. The phenomenon of The Order as the FIRST on the scene is found especially among Foundations, although it appears that The Order keeps a continuing presence among Foundation Trustees… The FIRST Chairman of an influential but almost unknown organisation established in 1910 was also a member of The Order. In 1920 Theodore Marburg founded the American Society for the Judicial Settlement of Disputes, but Marburg was only President. The FIRST Chairman was member William Howard Taft. The Society was the forerunner of the League to Enforce Peace, which developed into the League of Nations concept and ultimately the United Nations. The United Nations is an instrument of the Elite designed to facilitate the setting up of One World Government under Elite control. The UN building stands on Rockefeller property.Selecting Future Prime Ministers to Serve the New World Order In his article, ‘Oxford University – The Illuminati Breeding Ground’, David Icke recounts an incident that demonstrates how these secret societies and groups, working for the Elite, select, train and plan to install their men in key positions. In 1940 a young man addressed a “study group” of the Labour Party in a room at University College Oxford. He stressed that he belonged to a secret group without a name which planned a “Marxist takeover” of Britain, Rhodesia and South Africa by infiltrating the British Parliament and Civil Services. Since the British do not like extremists they dismiss their critics as ‘right-wingers’ while themselves posing as ‘moderates’ (this seems like the anti-Semitism charge by ADL, etc. whenever Israel is criticised). The young man stated that he headed the political wing of that secret group and he expected to be made Prime Minister of Britain some day! The young man was Harold Wilson who became Prime Minister of Britain! All young men studying at Ivy League universities, and at others, must bear in mind they are being continually scrutinised by some of their Professors with the intention of selecting from amongst them, those who will serve the Elite, and become part of a global network of interlocked covert and overt societies and organisations, working for the New World Order. Some of those already selected will be present among them, mingling with them and yet, in their heart, separated from them by a sense of belonging to a brotherhood with a mission that has been going on for a long time. These young men also know they will be rewarded by advancement in career and also that if they falter they could be killed! Utter secrecy and absolute loyalty is essential to the continued success of this program. This is enforced through fear of murder or bankruptcy and through a cult which probably takes us back to the times of the pyramids and before. Philosophically ‘they’ believe in Hegelian dialectics through which they justify bringing about horrible wars – euphemistically called ‘controlled conflict’. Their political ideology is ‘collectivism’ whereby mankind has to be ‘managed’ by a group of men, ‘them’, organised for the purpose – a hidden ‘dominant minority’. ‘They’ believe that they know better than ordinary mortals. The Illuminati, the Freemasons, members of other known and unknown secret societies, all mesh together under the wealthiest cabal in human history to take a mesmerised, dormant and battered mankind from one abyss to the next. Former MI6 agent John Coleman refers to a “Committee of 300” that controls and guides this vast subterranean human machinery. In his book Memoirs, published in 2002, David Rockefeller, Sr. stated that his family had been attacked by “ideological extremists” for “more than a century… Some even believe we are part of a secret cabal working against the best interests of the United States, characterising my family and me as ‘internationalists’ and of conspiring with others around the world to build a more integrated global political and economic structure – one world, if you will. If that’s the charge, I stand guilty.Prof. Dr. MUJAHID KAMRAN is Vice Chancellor, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan, and his book The Grand

Deception – Corporate America and Perpetual War has just been published (April 2011) by Sang e Meel Publications, Lahore, Pakistan, and is available from www.amazon.co.uk. Prof. Kamran’s website is www.mujahidkamran.com.

12 METHODS TO UNPLUG FROM THE MATRIX

Phillip J. Watt; Waking Times; via Libertarian Alliance Blog It’s becoming more recognizable to even the most indoctrinated that there’s something not quite right about the collective consensus in humanity’s mind structure. This reflects that the vibration and energy of the third dimensional environment that we inhabit is slowly shifting, day by day, into a field which will inevitably be comprised of an awakened populace. This of course is our collective destiny, leaving no excuse for the awakened to amplify the self-harming state of fear. After all, we are the co-creators. The matrix is, however, still fully deceiving the majority of people. There might be explosive insights that give many a temporary view of an unveiled mindscape, but patterned wiring quickly sucks them back into their habitual behaviors. Yet once there is a ‘conscious’ commitment to explore the truths of our existence – including the systemic, societal and esoteric layers – the observer begins a process of unplugging from certain aspects of the program and emancipating themselves from their psychological, emotional and spiritual enslavement. If you’re one of the many who are contributing to the tipping point for a truly free humanity – a reality where the conscious society is in full swing – then you’ll most likely recognize these 12 methods to unplug from the matrix. If not, feel free to use them as a guide for your own healing and growth, as well as increase your participation in this momentous era of humanity’s history.

1. Connect with what the matrix is

We’ve all heard the analogy of the matrix, however it can also be described as a literal representation of how reality works. The manifested, material world, is a deceptive construct which is born from the universal consciousness that permeates all existence. It also has mathematical code, much like computer software, built into its very fabric. For an analytical investigation, research quantum physics, as well as how sacred geometry beautifully represents the method in which our universe is brought to ‘life’. There is also a spiritual war at work, one which will inevitably dissolve the current program that dominates the collective consciousness of humanity. We are all a part of it too; this subtle, but omnipresent conflict, exists within each and every one of us. In addition, the matrix also superficially refers to the subliminal and explicit conditioning employed by the powers-that-no-longer-should-be. To exit this program, we need to show good judgment, or discernment, when analyzing the orchestrated information that bombards humanity’s mindscape. Furthermore, a necessary feature of exposing the matrix is not just accepting that there are deeply embedded power structures that control much of the world’s policy, wealth and resources, but that we also need to personally contribute to the tipping point so that the majority of people are awakened to call out and disassemble this elevating global dictatorship.

2. Question every official narrative

Every single mainstream narrative – bar none – is either inaccurate or incomplete. We’ve all been intentionally and unintentionally brainwashed since we were born; what differentiates us is how much we’ve been able to emancipate ourselves from the lies, deception and unhealthy aspects of it. We should always look back to how ignorant we used to be and question in what ways we might be ignorant now, for we must recognize that even if the views that we have are well researched and well informed, they have the potential to evolve as new information arises. Mostly everyone has an opinion on the serious issues of our time, as well as opinions on other people’s opinions, yet very few people appear to be spending the countless hours required to piece together an authentic narrative of what’s really going on. The fact remains that when you decide to exit the mainstream propaganda narrative, the challenge is that the alternative views are also littered with their own propaganda and fallacies too. Plus, any view that is non-mainstream is purposely labeled as

conspiracy, making it difficult to raise and talk about it with family and friends. Don’t let this deter you from being a genuine truthseeker and venturing through the mind-fields of information; with a balanced and robust approach you’ll be ahead of the game until the day particular conspiratory facts become the norm, which is what they have always done as the collective consciousness of humanity evolves.

3. Explore the rabbit hole and its multiple tunnels of truth

When we begin the venture down the rabbit hole, we initiate the process of deeply deconditioning and redesigning ourselves. Beware though, there’s deception absolutely everywhere. That’s why we must question not just that which we don’t know, but everything that we think we do too, even if it turns out to be aligned with truth. This relates to what’s happening in both the inner and the outer worlds, as well as how they interrelate. Philosophy or spirituality is the meta-paradigm of this adventure, although many people who awaken to the systemic corruption and social engineering haven’t yet opened to the esoteric aspects of life. This is in many cases due to a distaste for and outright misconception of religion, so it clouds their perceptions of information relating to spirituality and closes them off to rationalizing the world through this primal prism of understanding. That’s perfectly okay too as we’re all at our own place on our own path, which of course all lead to the same peak on the misty mountain of consciousness; however to truly open the mind and heart to the matrix, a genuine connection with the esoteric aspects of life are essential.

4. Spend as much time in nature as possible

The artificial, mind-numbing constructs of our so-called civilized world cannot be completely avoided if we want to interact with society and spend time with our family and friends. Yet prioritizing the dance we can have with nature is a must-have, especially to cleanse the negative energy that we absorb from our exposure to the deceptions and dysfunctions of our world. A simple method is to create our own garden, as each day it connects us to the food that we eat and ensures that we touch, smell, taste, hear and see the fruits of natures beauty. Walking, riding, hiking and running within the various natural gifts that we’re given in this world are also easy paths into its magic. Excitingly, the choices we have are virtually unlimited too. Whatever decisions we do make, exploring nature invokes a natural meditative state and stimulates our biochemical health potions. It is cleansing, therapeutic, developmental and empowering. It also has the potential to enlighten the various layers of our being if we dare to tap into it on those levels as well.

5. Make the constructs of the matrix a common topic of conversation

There are individuals all throughout humanity educating themselves on the deeper philosophical, systemic, societal, spiritual, geopolitical, political and scientific realities. Many get some of it, few get most of it. In any case, the tipping point for a widespread conscious society builds, so don’t think for a moment that all the discussions that we’re having and the information being shared is to no avail. One day, hopefully within our lifetimes, we’ll truly understand and enact the power we have as a collective and design a reality that is not just what we deserve, but what our future generations deserve too. It is critical to continue to share this information throughout our networks, yet we must ensure that we don’t belittle those who are sleepwalking through this mess. It’s not only hypocritical, as we all had to wake up at one stage, it’s also unhelpful, because as soon as someone feels attacked it’s only natural to put up the walls of defense. Accordingly, no insight occurs and therefore no progress is made. That’s why if we can gently help others to understand what’s truly happening in our material, corrupted world, then we have a genuine shot at collectively averting the serious problems that we currently face and transforming our communities into places of peace, prosperity and abundance.

6. Ensure love, not fear, is your default response

Every moment is the moment to think deeper than the fear-based and image-driven narratives of our age and not react to the collective emotions attached to the wars of the world. It’s the time to embrace. To love. To faithfully accept the winds of change that are stirring up humanity. This is a spiritual game; do not mistake it. It’s been happening for all eternity. It has its easy paths and its challenging ones – the highs and lows are in the flow – but that’s how growth in duality works.

That’s how the paradigm shifts work. Do not forget there is purpose – meaning – that reflects the energy of who we are, and the energy we designed ourselves within. We’re co-creators; we’re change agents of collective consciousness that should not be dormant and passive in action. The real power exists in the love that we generate from within, as well as how we express it without. Connect with it to radiate that light everywhere. We must also remember that darkness comes from within, and without, too. Once again, that’s duality. The more that we lighten our personal darkness, the more we can alchemize the impersonal shadows. This occurs primarily through the repair and reconstruction of the ego, which as a concept, shouldn’t be condemned at all. The ego simply means at its core the self – the I – which needs to be emancipated from its conditioning and created in an image of all the truths that exist within both the material and spiritual structures. Now of course I’m not talking about the superficial definition of ego, such as excessive pride or a lack of selflessness; those aspects of the ego certainly need to be transcended. I’m referring to the fact that everyone, both past and present, lives with their ego intact because we need it to function as a human snapshot of consciousness. So it’s not going anywhere, at least for the time being. That’s why our goal should be to reset it and then redesign it, instead of rejecting it. Otherwise, it’s just adding more self-harm to the suffering of the world.

7. Explore altered states of consciousness

Ever since we were kids where we spun around in circles to make ourselves dizzy, we have explored altered mind states. Dreaming is another natural way too, as is meditation. Alcohol is the most common way people do it in modern society, although it is the most destructive. Alternatively, some people choose to partake in psychedelic adventures, many of which lead to a spiritual affinity with reality and the subsequent embracing of meditation as a lifestyle. No matter which way we personally choose to alter our conditioned mind-state – and regardless if it’s primarily for fun, healing, development or shamanistic purposes – the benefits of deprogramming and reprogramming the mind and heart beat loud and clear. Simply, this is done most effectively and efficiently through altered states of consciousness. The truth remains that, as we venture through these experiences, we have the potential to become more conscious of both the immaterial and material matrix and, therefore, learn to design ourselves in ways that naturally contribute to our personal and collective unveiling.

8. Expose and disconnect from the dysfunctions of the systems

Obviously we all can’t just quit our job, pack up house and move off grid, but we can identify the harmful aspects to the systems and personally decide not to participate the best we can, according to our particular context. It’s not like it’s all bad, anyway; there’s some great results that humanity’s series of systems have cultivated over the last several millennia, such as culture, knowledge, music, philosophy, certain industry, many technologies, some modern and ancient medicines, an increase in innovation, the potential to collectively thrive, and the uniting of the global culture, to name but a few absolute gems. Some examples of the dysfunctions that we need to be aware of include:•Recognizing that the banking industry is a scam perpetrated by the cabal, one in which much of the wealth and resources of the planet is consolidated into the hands of a few, instead of being distributed fairly throughout our local communities;•Knowing that the mainstream media is controlled deception and propaganda, so we won’t find holistic truths there;•Acknowledging that mechanistic medicine has been hijacked by unethical, profit-based monopolies;•Accepting that scientific endeavor has been dogmatized by philosophical materialism and therefore much of the emerging scientific evidence is misinterpreted through the prison of the materialist ‘faith’;•Understanding that our air and water is being bombarded with toxic and harmful chemicals, let alone most of our foods and immunization procedures;•Reflecting that the political environment has been infiltrated by the shadow power structures and that democracy has basically died in the modern era; and•Registering that our natural systems are being damaged, such as deforestation, ocean acidification, desertification, decreased biodiversity and an alarming and unnatural rate of extinction in the animal and plant kingdoms. All of this insanity is a product of the powerful organizations that have commandeered the various systems, however they only have so much power because its sanctioned by the people. One day we will stop condoning all this carnage by collectively speaking out loud about it and demand that it all

change. Therefore, the more we practically engage with these layers of truth, the sooner we will heal and transcend them.

9. Bypass the lower vibratory intelligence and engage directly with the source

At the core of our reality is the one thing and each subsequent creation within our existence is intimately interconnected with it. There are many names for it, however the most progressive term is simply consciousness. Each intelligent manifestation of this universal awareness is a fractal of consciousness which dualistically harbors both positive and negative spin, or put another way, light and dark. Within the spiritual matrix there are forces that have both malevolent and benevolent energy, regardless if they’re conscious of it or not. Some frequencies within the multidimensional platform that we inhabit are healthy and empowering to play with, however there are always the risks of deception, illness, fear and energetic waste.This unnecessary noise and turbulence can be bypassed by simply engaging directly with the source. It is the most effective and efficient method to alchemizing our own energy with the energy around us, as it insures that our psychological and emotional mindlayers don’t restrict and misdirect the magic that can take place. How far we’ve become conscious of our own shamanic powers should determine how we ‘consciously’ choose to play in this theater, yet for a sure-fire way of maximizing the contribution we make to the energetic and paradigmatic shifts, use the source as the default approach, which naturally gets our human flaws out of the way.

10. Both the inner and outer realms are given equal priority

The ways in which we act is just as important as how we think and feel, particularly in response to the external realm. If we’re cold, we rug up. If we’re hungry, we eat. If we’re in danger, we protect ourselves. If we’re being forced into a corrupted and unhealthy system, we speak up and create our own. As Logan said in Wolverine: “You can’t pretend shit isn’t happening when it is, Princess”. That’s why we must provide well contextualized information about the serious risks that we currently face as a species – such as economic collapse, more false flags and WWIII. It is not fear-mongering if the intention is to raise awareness, it is simply necessary to expose all the layers of truth to the world. The fact remains that keeping our heads in the sand is witless, which is why lazily assuming that “everything will be okay” without taking any action, as many people do in the ‘new age’ community, is also highly dangerous. We must work together and pay heed to the lives lost in Mali, Paris, Beirut, Palestine and all the other war and ideological torn places across the world. We must bind to rebuild the communities whose local economies have disintegrated, and to bring justice to the people whose land and independence have been stolen. We must bring an end to the 20 thousand people who die from poverty each day because of a privatized banking system that consolidates the world’s power into the hands of a few private families that want to legally institute their hegemony in the form of a one world government. Who besides us will bring about these changes? Our leading social activists, such as Gandhi and the King, would be mortified if they knew that by choice we were allowing this all to happen. If we don’t stand up together and sort the psychopathy of the system out, the military-industrial-media-politico-banking complex will continue its killing and pillage across our planet until they arrive on all our doorsteps. This is an integral part of our spiritual journey and definitely not something that we should cover our ears about and sing “la la la, I can’t hear you”. Yes, it’s important to “be the change that you want to see in the world”, however it is equally important to actively help the outside world to heal and grow too. The reality is that it’s not going to go away, unless we force it. This is part of the responsibility we have when we awaken ourselves to the realities of our majestic, but corrupted world.

11. Be kind, be cool, be compassionate, be truth

The internet has a wealth of knowledge, but it also is a breeding place for hateful and disrespectful commentary. Unfortunately, anonymity and geographical distance really brings out some distasteful traits of humanity. Why do some people feel the need to abusively attack others with differing views? Is it insecurity? What about trauma? Could it simply be a misguided attempt to find some personal authority in a dazed and confused world? Whatever the case, respect doesn’t just cost us nothing, it guarantees some peace within ourselves. It can also help others to feel validated in their experience so that they potentially grow in

their understanding. We should be focusing on the fact that we’re a team, not enemies. We should cooperate, not compete. And that’s the type of energy that we need to create both face-to-face and in the virtual world, because it does all of us a plethora of favors and secures the amplification of our unification. In addition, the shift into a more advanced era for humanity will take some time, so patience is virtue. We need to be understanding towards those who are still suffering in their delusions. That doesn’t mean that we can’t be direct and assertive, but without a foundation of compassion, we simply hurt them and ourselves, too.

12. Allow your views to be challenged and focus on ways to connect with others

We need to challenge our own biases, beliefs and faiths, even if we ‘believe’ we’re awakened. We need to listen more to the perspectives that challenge our own, regardless if we still don’t resonate with them after we’ve opened ourselves to the alternate view. We should also focus more on the similarities among us, as well as respect and celebrate our philosophical and practical differences. Unfortunately, it’s clear that some really great people stifle their self-awareness, intellect and authenticity because of some self-harming characteristics, such as bigotry, fear, narrow-mindedness and a subtle addiction to competition. The reassuring part is that we’ve all had and still have these traits to certain degrees, plus many noxious others, as the entire universe exists within us. Therefore, every single person has the potential to either completely overcome or at least forge a pathway through these barriers so that they begin to truly unearth their inquisitive, trustworthy and truthseeking natures. Even more disappointing, however, is that throughout the spiritual and awakening communities there’s a lot of competitive, condemnatory and close-minded behaviors. Sometimes they’re subtle, sometimes they’re not. It really shows the limitation in subscribing to one particular ideology or movement, as well as the challenge in processing this sort of information in holistic and healthy ways. It also illustrates how important it is to remain open to evolving our personal views so that eventually we can create a fundamental series of agreements on how we should move forward together. It is clear that the progressive mindsets and organizations need to unite, but that’s not going to happen if everyone thinks that they’ve got the answers and nobody else does. We all have an essential piece to the puzzle; it’s beautiful that we all can contribute something to the shift. If we look for an insight that we can get from other people and their ideas, then not only are we learning, but we’re connecting with them on some level too. We really do have so much power as a collective. For example, imagine if all the charities of the world decided to raise awareness of the systemic theft that occurs through the corrupt and unethical banking institutions that we’ve adopted on a world-wide scale? There would be a revolution in no time, because once people truly understand how that system works, they reject it wholeheartedly, especially because they understand that it’s cutting the head off the snake.

Final Thoughts

Everywhere we look in alternative media these days there’s information that encourages us to question the validity of the matrix power structures, such as the spiritual, financial, corporate and political dimensions. It’s a hard pill to swallow, but the whole current consensus is an absolute farce. It can be a little overwhelming to open our minds to the varying layers of truth in the world, especially when we’re at times hard pressed to keep our own heads above water, yet it is integral to make this aspect of life a focal priority, because as a collective we can so easily change it for the betterment of all of mankind. We are the leaders in the next evolutionary stage of our collective consciousness. At least for the time being, we can’t fully unplug from the matrix as this is the context that we find ourselves in, so we need to work with it to the best of our ability. As described above though, we can unplug from its deceptions by illuminating them, embracing them, manipulating them and even loving them. Ultimately though, our reality is a bold, beautiful swirl of cosmic energy, and it really should be viewed through the lens of reverence. Yes, there’s no doubt a whole gamut of processes need to evolve, and the entire matrix structure needs to be brought to the forefront of our collective consciousness, yet life is at the end of the day a game of movement, mystery and magic. Play with it. Laugh with it. Love it. Furthermore, the internet and alternative media has made an explosive contribution to the awakening process being undertaken by humanity, particularly philosophically and systemically. It may be a slow, patient process which has been building for generations, yet twenty sixteen is within a critical moment which has the potential to positively define our future for generations to come. We all play a small part in this transformation too, so don’t think for a moment that how you personally think, feel and

act doesn’t have a strong rippling impact in this exciting and important time on our planet. Own that power.

About the Author Phillip J. Watt lives in Australia. He best identifies as a writer, guide and truthseeker. His written work deals with topics from ideology to society, as well as self-development.

GETTING THE IDEA OF GOVERNMENT AND POLITICAL AUTHORITY OUT OF

YOUR MINDMakia Freeman; Activist Post

Political authority, or the authority of State, or the authority of Government, is something the average person virtually never questions. Almost everyone goes through their entire life believing that the Government – although it’s almost always composed of provable criminals, cheats and liars – still has a solid basis for its political authority. Many people, whether left, right or anywhere in between on the political spectrum, are Statists: they think that Government has an inherent right to rule, using coercion if necessary. Yet, even a cursory examination shows that if a normal person acted like Government, they would characterized as cunning, secretive and manipulative, and either be diagnosed as insane, or locked up as a danger to society, or both. So why do people allow and consent to such a situation?

David Hume on Government and Political Authority

The 18th century British philosopher David Hume attested to this situation when he wrote that:

Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few.

Hume was clearly one of those rare few who took the time to closely examine the origins and political authority of Government. Interestingly, he was propagating many of these ideas during the mid-1700s, a few decades before the time of the American and French Revolutions. Hume realized that most Government is formed and is held together by war. History teaches us this over and over again, including politicians’ inventions of fictitious enemies to justify a State’s existence:

Most governments are not formed by contract but rather through conquest and war.The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny; flattery to treachery; standing armies to arbitrary government; and the glory of God to the temporal interest of the clergy.It is probable, that the first ascendant of one man over multitudes begun during a state of war; where the superiority of courage and of genius discovers itself most visibly, where unanimity and concert are most requisite, and where the pernicious effects of disorder are most sensibly felt. The long continuance of that state, an incident common among savage tribes, enured the people to submission; and if the chieftain possessed as much equity as prudence and valour, he became, even during peace, the arbiter of all differences, and could gradually, by a mixture of force and consent, establish his authority….

Hume warned that authority should never become too uncontrollable over liberty:

In all governments, there is a perpetual intestine struggle, open or secret, between Authority and Liberty; and neither of them can ever absolutely prevail in the contest. A great sacrifice of liberty must necessarily be made in every government; yet even the authority, which confines liberty, can never, and perhaps ought never, in any constitution, to become quite entire and uncontrollable.

Hume explicitly stated that a State’s supposed political authority could not hold water when investigated closely:

No maxim is more comfortable … than to submit quietly to the government, which we find establish’d in the country where we happen to live, without enquiring too curiously into its origin and first establishment. Few governments will bear being examin’d so rigorously.

Is political authority merely based on opinion?

It is on opinion only that government is founded; and this maxim extends to the most despotic and most military governments, as well as to the most free and most popular.

As we shall see, this last quote rings true, and is especially interesting given that it flatly contradicts the widely held notion put forth by Hume’s fellow British philosopher John Locke, who proposed that their was some kind of social contract from which the State justly derived its powers.

Can Political Authority be Justified by Social Contract?

Professor Michael Huemer has done some of the best work on the subject of political authority. He has authored such books as The Problem with Political Authority: An Examination of the Right to Coerce and the Duty to Obey. Huemer shows that it is very difficult to justify political authority, especially in the form we have now in most Western countries: a “democratic” Government which claims a monopoly on the use of force or violence. Most people begin to defend a State’s right to exist by claiming there is some kind of social contract, a theory of Locke. However Locke’s theory has been shown to be false. No such contract exists. There is no piece of paper which enshrines it, nor is there any piece of paper you sign when you come of age. Even if a written contract did exist, it would require constant consent from newer generations to sustain it.

Is There Implicit Consent which Justifies Government?

When the social contract argument falls down, people then tend to argue that rather than explicit consent, there is some of kind of implicit consent we give to the State. Huemer identifies 4 types:1.Passive consent (refraining from opposing something);2.Acceptance of benefits;3.Consent through presence (consent given by merely remaining in a location); and4.Consent through participation (consent given by voluntarily participating in something). However, to truly give consent, you must be in a non-coercive environment. Consent can only really be given when you are also free to not give the consent, if you so choose. Is this the case with Government? The answer, of course, is a resounding “NO”! You don’t have any choice. With valid consent, both parties would have ability to “opt-out”, and both would also have obligations to each other, which, if unfulfilled, would grant the other one adequate grounds for terminating the agreement. You can’t just opt-out; the Government will fine, charge and ultimately imprison you if you don’t obey its decrees. The only way is move country (where you face another Government doing much the same thing), so there’s no escape unless you move to the remote wilderness somewhere. Likewise, there is no effective way you can simply terminate the agreement or contract, without suffering the same negative consequences of being charged and imprisoned. You have no recourse or remedy; the relationship is one of force and coercion; thus, there is no true consent, whether explicit or implicit.

Can Consent of a Majority Justify Political Authority?

The next argument given by many people is that the State is justified because it is given consent by a majority of people in that society. This may or may not be true, given that the pro-

authority bias carried by many people often lies beneath the surface as a unconscious belief (which was programmed into them at a young age). However, even if it is true, it seems to affirm a problematic conclusion: that the opinions and desires of a large group of people or a majority can be forced onto a smaller group or minority. This is a kind of “majority rules”, unlimited, mob-rule democracy which really is better named a tyranny of the masses. This is exactly why the US was set up a Republic not a Democracy. The United States is a Constitutional Republic where individuals and minorities are recognized to hold certain inherent or unalienable rights, which can never be abrogated, regardless of what the majority wants or who holds power. Without this, it is all too easy for a prejudiced majority (which can be whipped up into emotional frenzies by cunning leaders and demagogues) to impose its will on those too powerless to defend themselves. Aristotle once said that “Unlimited democracy is, just like oligarchy, a tyranny spread over a large number of people.”

The Consequentialist Argument for Political Authority

The final argument of those believing in solid justification for Government is usually consequentialist, i.e. it appeals to the benefits, good consequences and utility of the State. “Look how many good things the Government does”, they say, “so its political authority is valid, because it gives us so many benefits”. However, the question must be asked: are the benefits worth the price we pay, in terms of a loss of liberty and the duty to obey? History clearly shows us that most of the injustice and destruction in the world was committed by people obeying authority, not opposing it. Also, if Government gets political authority due to the benefits it provides, why can’t other groups get it too (e.g. vigilantes or private defense companies)? Most people would be unwilling to grant vigilantes or anyone else this power … Ultimately, why does Government deserve some kind of special moral status – that allows it charge, tax, fine, imprison and kill – when no other individual or organization in society is allowed to? Just because the State provides us with some benefits, why does it get the right to do these things? It’s a very difficult question to answer …

Bad Government, Theocracies, Impostor Royals and Democide

The State is not the root of all evil; however, the fact remains that Government killing its own citizens (democide) was the leading cause of non-natural death in the 20th century. So much atrocity has been committed by out-of-control Government around the world. Many countries still have not evolved to the point where they have decided to separate Church and State; indeed, it took Europe many centuries of dark oppression under the Catholic Church to realize it may not be a good idea to entrust the clergy with political power. Interestingly, the current leader of Syria, the poor country being besieged by the US-UK-Israeli axis of the New World Order, is Bashar Al-Assad, who is committed to the principle of separation of Church and State. This is one more reason why the NWO wants him out. Many nations in the Middle East have Governments of theocracy – “rule by God” – although of course God seems to have exclusive spokesmen who are usually from rich bloodline families. Yemen, Oman, Iran, Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia are all theocracies. Saudi Arabia, Beheaders Incorporated, is ruled by the incredibly corrupt House of Saud (which has Zionist roots), another bunch of impostor royals just like the British royal family and the other European ones. To declare yourself “royal” merely means you proclaim you have some kind of “right to rule”. What a Jedi mind-trick! These royal families are the most corrupt criminals in the entire world. Check out David Icke’s work in exposing the satanic British royal family for more information on this. The craziness still continues to this day, with Thai citizens getting imprisoned for the grand crime of – wait for it – insulting the King’s dog. Wake up humanity!

If Government’s Political Authority Cannot Be Justified … Why Do You Still Believe in the Concept of the State?

Even those seeking true freedom understand that past conditioning and programming can be very hard to overcome. It would be great if we could just wave a magic wand and be free of old, crusty and limiting ideas that were instilled or indoctrinated into us at an earlier age, or which we mistakenly took on, but it doesn’t work like that. We have to put in the hard work to uncover and analyze them, then decide what to keep and discard. If you’re reading this, hopefully you can see that the State exists in our minds, first and foremost. The only way we can achieve a free outer world is to first rid our minds of limiting inner ideas. If we could open ourselves up to the idea that maybe – just maybe – the human race could live in freedom and peace, could govern itself, could resolve its own disputes and adequately defend itself, we wouldn’t need the State. Anarchy doesn’t have to mean chaos. A state of anarchy could still possess order and peaceful cooperation. Many have proposed models where the Government’s role in defense and dispute resolution can be decentralized and provided by various 3rd party companies, who are then subject to the laws of economics and the market (e.g. by caring about their reputation, by trying to provide the best service, etc.). Maybe humanity is not ready for the Stateless society. Maybe we would need to first transition to something like a minarchy (a strictly limited and decentralized Government). However, the first step in all of this is for everyone to examine their unconscious belief and pro-authority bias, and realize that Government’s political authority cannot be justified. Government doesn’t have to exist for humanity to thrive.

Makia Freeman is the editor of The Freedom Articles and senior researcher at ToolsForFreedom.com (FaceBook here), writing on many aspects of truth and freedom, from exposing aspects of the global conspiracy to suggesting solutions for how humanity can create a new system of peace and abundance.

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“NEGATIVE” INTEREST RATES AND THE WAR ON CASH

Liquidity Watch; Prof. Richard A. Werner; Rawjapan; via Critical Thinking

The talking heads featured on the corporate mainstream media have started to disseminate the idea that cash is a barbarous relic and needs to be abolished. Central bankers have been particularly articulate, such as former IMF staffers Kenneth Rogoff and Peter Bofinger, or current Bank of England spokesman Andrew Haldane. Among the reasons why cash suddenly needs to be abolished are the usual arguments, such as that criminals may be using cash, or that electronic money is more ‘efficient’. Some media even claim that

people are annoyed in queues when someone pays with the more cumbersome cash, instead of the faster plastic money. The truth is of course the opposite, although the recent introduction of contactless debit cards in the UK, which only need to be waived at the card terminal for payment, have speeded up the payment of petty transactions compared to the usually much longer processing time for debit cards compared to cash. Another reason given in favour of abolishing cash is the argument that this will facilitate bank bail-ins, as agreed at the Seoul G20 summit in 2010: if people can move money out of the banks into cash, it is not possible to steal their money to bail out the banks. While cynics will be open to this argument, the reality is that it does not make sense: in Cyprus, where the Seoul G20 programme was first implemented, banks were shut before deposits were confiscated. In Greece, banks were shut for a month and people had to survive on cash, which they were after a while allowed to withdraw in small amounts only. What would have happened if cash had already been abolished is that the ECB shutting down Greek banks would have been more effective in blackmailing the Greek people to give in to Troika demands. The main reason advanced by the Bank of England for wanting to abolish cash is that it wishes to stimulate the UK economy, and to do so it wants to use interest rates. Since rates are already zero, it is now only reasonable to lower them into negative territory. However, to make such a policy effective, the possibility to move from electronic money into cash needs to be taken away. If cash is abolished, we can then enjoy the benefits of negative interest rates – or so the official narrative goes. This story is so full of holes that it is hard to know where to start. Let’s begin by reminding ourselves that it has been the Bank of England that has since 2009 argued that interest rate policy is not a good tool to stimulate the economy, and instead it wanted to use what it (misleadingly) called ‘Quantitative Easing’. So if that is true, why now suddenly switch back from the quantity to the price of money? What is it that should make ‘price easing’ now more effective than an emphasis on quantities? Wouldn’t it be better to instead introduce true quantitative easing, which expands purchasing power in the productive economy, such as in the hands of SMEs? Secondly, let us consider the proposal of introducing negative interest rates in an effort to stimulate the economy. As we know, the proclaimed transmission mechanism of lower rates is via cheaper borrowing costs. In countries where a negative interest rate policy has been introduced, such as Denmark or Switzerland, the empirical finding is that it is not effective in stimulating the economy. Quite the opposite. This is because negative rates are imposed by the central bank on the banks – not the borrowing public (so please forget the idea that you will be given a mortgage, and paid an extra fee on top to do so). To be precise, they are imposed on the reserves held by banks at the central bank. This might seem reasonable at first sight: Have not these mean banks been hoarding all the QE cash from the central bank, instead of lending it out? No. It is a little known fact that the total quantity of reserves held by banks at the central bank is entirely determined by the central bank. Individual banks can try to reduce their reserves, but only at the expense of other banks holding more reserves. This is of course why the type of “QE” implemented by many central banks – buying financial assets and increasing banks’ reserves at the central bank – have only created another asset bubble, but hardly helped the real economy. Banks cannot lend out their reserves at the central bank. As we show in the book “Where does Money come from?”, banks’ reserves at the central bank are simply credits created by the central bank for the benefit of the banks – central bank money that cannot circulate in the economy. As a result, negative interest rates on banks’ reserves at the central bank are simply a tax imposed on banks. So why would central banks impose new taxes on banks at this stage? The experience of Switzerland may provide answers: negative rates raise banks’ costs of doing business. The banks respond by passing on this cost to their customers. Due to the already zero deposit rates, this means banks will raise their lending rates. As they did in Switzerland. In other words, reducing interest rates into negative territory will raise borrowing costs! If this is the result, why do central banks not simply raise interest rates? This would achieve the same result, one might think. However, there is a crucial difference: raised rates will allow banks to widen their interest margin and make their business more profitable. With negative rates, banks’ margins will stay low and the financial situation of the banks will stay precarious and indeed become ever more precarious. As readers know, we have been arguing that the ECB has been waging war on the ‘good’ banks in the eurozone, the several thousand small community banks, mainly in Germany, which are operated not for

profit, but for co-operative members or the public good (such as the Sparkassen public savings banks or the Volksbank people’s banks). The ECB and the EU have significantly increased regulatory reporting burdens, thus personnel costs, so that many community banks are forced to merge, while having to close down many branches. This has been coupled with the ECB’s policy of flattening the yield curve (lowering short rates and also pushing down long rates via so-called ‘quantitative easing’). As a result banks that mainly engage in traditional banking, i.e. lending to firms for investment, have come under major pressure, while this type of ‘QE’ has produced profits for those large financial institutions engaged mainly in financial speculation and its funding. The policy of negative interest rates is thus consistent with the agenda to drive small banks out of business and consolidate banking sectors in industrialised countries, increasing concentration and control in the banking sector. It also serves to provide a (false) further justification for abolishing cash. And this fits into the Bank of England’s surprising recent discovery that the money supply is created by banks through their action of granting loans: by supporting monetary reformers, the Bank of England may further increase its own power and accelerate the drive to concentrate the banking system if bank credit creation was abolished and there was only one true bank left – the Bank of England. This would not only get us back to the old monopoly situation imposed in 1694 when the Bank of England was founded as a for-profit enterprise by private profiteers. It would also further the project to increase control over and monitoring of the population: with both cash and bank credit alternatives abolished, all transactions, money creation and allocation would be implemented by the Bank of England. With all money being electronic money, one can already predict the questions ‘raised’ by the PR departments of central banks and keenly picked up by the mainstream media: How could one increase the security and safety of this digital money. What if one loses one’s direct debit card? No doubt, some bright Bank of England spark, or else any of the talking heads in the media, will then suggest we should adopt the techniques long practiced with our pets, namely of implanting microchips under the skin as our money of the future. Whether this spells progress readers needs to decide for themselves.

GERMANY JOINS TREND TOWARD CASHLESS SOCIETY: “CASH

CONTROLS” BAN TRANSACTIONS OVER €5,000, €500 EURO NOTE

Tyler Durden; Activist Post It was just days ago that Bloomberg implored officials to “bring on a cashless future” in an Op-Ed that calls notes and coins “dirty, dangerous, unwieldy, and expensive.” You probably never thought of your cash that way, but increasingly, authorities and the powers that be seem determined to lay the groundwork for the abolition of what Bloomberg calls “antiquated” physical money. We’ve documented the cash ban calls on a number of occasions including, most recently, those that emanated from DNB, Norway’s largest bank where executive Trond Bentestuen said that although “there is approximately 50 billion kroner in circulation, the Norges Bank can only account for 40 percent of its use.” That, Bentestuen figures, “means that 60 percent of money usage is outside of any control.” “We believe,” he continues, “that is due to under-the-table money and laundering.” DNB goes on to say that after identifying “many dangers and disadvantages” associated with cash, the bank has “concluded that it should be phased out.” On Tuesday we got the latest evidence that officials across the globe are preparing to institute a cashless “utopia” when Handelsblatt reported (in a piece called “The Death of Cash) that the Social Democrats – the junior partner in Angela Merkel’s coalition government – have proposed a €5,000 limit on cash transactions and the elimination of the €500 note. Berlin is using a familiar scapegoat to justify the plan: the need to fight “terrorists” and “foreign criminals.” “Limits on cash transactions would discourage foreign criminals from coming here to launder money,” says a paper penned by the Social Democrats. “If sums over €5,000 have to pass through

traceable bank transactions, laundering would be severely hampered, it adds.” On Wednesday, we got confirmation of the plan from Deputy Finance Minister Michael Meister who told reporters that Germany is proposing a euroarea ban on cash transactions over €5,000 to combat terrorism financing and money laundering. “Since money laundering and terrorism financing are cross-border threats,” it makes sense to adopt a bloc-wide “solution”, but “if a European solution isn’t possible, Germany will move ahead on its own,” he added. This comes at a rather convenient time for policy makers in Europe. Rates are already sitting at -0.30% and are likely to be cut by an additional 10bps in March. But that’s not likely to do anything to curb the disinflationary impulse. Mario Draghi isn’t anywhere close to his inflation target and it says a lot about how ineffective the ECB has been when everyone is relieved to see annual inflation running at the “brisk” pace of 0.4%. As a reminder, the gradual phasing out of cash strips the public of its economic autonomy. Central bankers can only control interest rates down to a certain “lower bound.” Once negative rates are passed on to depositors – and trust us, that’s coming – people will simply start pulling their money out of the bank. The more negative rates go, the faster those withdrawals will be. When you ban cash you eliminate this problem. In a cashless society with a government-managed digital currency there is no effective lower bound. If the economy isn’t doing what a bunch of bureaucrats want it to do, they can simply make interest rates deeply negative, forcing would-be savers to become consumers by making them choose between spending or watching as the bank simply confiscates their money in the name of NIRP. Obviously, banning transactions above €5,000 is a long way from a wholesale ban on cash and several other countries have similar limits on cash transactions. Still, there’s no reason why the same rationale (i.e. fighting terror financing) can’t be applied to smaller sums – or all cash transactions. After all, it’s not as though “foreign criminals” only transact in amounts over €5,000 and since “follow the money” is usually the best way to get to the bottom of a perceived “problem,” having a ledger of everything someone or some group does financially would likely be an effective way to crack down on illicit activity. We would argue that the cost to society of creating an economy wherein people’s economic decisions are completely dictated by small groups of economists far outweighs any benefits that would accrue from using a centrally planned digital currency to deter crime. As for how a cash ban would go over in Germany, we seriously doubt the public would take it laying down given that only 18.7% of transactions in the country involve plastic cards.

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THE COLLAPSE OF THE TOO BIG TO FAIL BANKS IN EUROPE IS HERE

Michael Snyder; Activist Post There is so much chaos going on that I don’t even know where to start. For a very long time I have been warning my readers that a major banking collapse was coming to Europe, and now it is finally unfolding. Let’s start with Deutsche Bank. The stock of the most important bank in the “strongest economy in Europe” plunged another 8 percent on Monday, and it is now hovering just above the all-time record low that was set during the last financial crisis. Overall, the stock price is now down a staggering 36 percent since 2016 began, and Deutsche Bank credit default swaps are going parabolic. Of course my readers were alerted to major problems at Deutsche Bank all the way back in September, and now the endgame is playing out. In addition to Deutsche Bank, the list of other “too big to fail” banks in Europe that appear to be in very serious trouble includes Commerzbank, Credit Suisse, HSBC and BNP Paribas. Just about every major bank in Italy could fall on that list as well, and Greek bank stocks lost close to a quarter of their value on Monday alone. Financial Armageddon has come to Europe, and the entire planet is going to feel the pain. The collapse of the banks in Europe is dragging down stock prices all over the continent. At this point, more than one-fifth of all stock market wealth in Europe has already been wiped out since the

middle of last year. That means that we only have four-fifths left. The following comes from USA Today…The MSCI Europe index is now down 20.5% from its highest point over the past 12 months, says S&P Global Market Intelligence, placing it in the 20% decline that unofficially defines a bear market.Europe’s stock implosion makes the U.S.’ sell-off look like child’s play. The U.S.-centric Standard & Poor’s 500 Monday fell another 1.4% – but it’s only down 13% from its high. Some individual European markets are getting hit even harder. The Milan MIB 30, Madrid Ibex 35 and MSCI United Kingdom indexes are off 29%, 23% and 20% from their 52-week highs, respectively as investors fear the worse could be headed for the Old World. These declines are being primarily driven by the banks. According to MarketWatch, European banking stocks have fallen for six weeks in a row, and this is the longest streak that we have seen since the heart of the last financial crisis…The region’s banking gauge, the Stoxx Europe 600 Banks Index FX7, -5.59% has logged six straight weeks of declines, its longest weekly losing stretch since 2008, when banks booked 10 weeks of losses, beginning in May, according to FactSet data.“The current environment for European banks is very, very bad. Over a full business cycle, I think it’s very questionable whether banks on average are able to cover their cost of equity. And as a result that makes it an unattractive investment for long-term investors,” warned Peter Garnry, head of equity strategy at Saxo Bank. Overall, Europe’s banking stocks are down 23 percent year to date and 39 percent since the peak of the market in the middle of last year. The financial crisis that began during the second half of 2015 is picking up speed over in Europe, and it isn’t just Deutsche Bank that could implode at any moment. Credit Suisse is the most important bank in Switzerland, and they announced a fourth quarter loss of 5.8 billion dollars. The stock price has fallen 34 percent year to date, and many are now raising questions about the continued viability of the bank. Similar scenes are being repeated all over the continent. On Monday we learned that Russia had just shut down two more major banks, and the collapse of Greek banks has pushed Greek stock prices to a 25-year low…Greek stocks tumbled on Monday to close nearly eight percent lower, with bank shares losing almost a quarter of their market value amid concerns over the future of government reforms.The general index on the Athens stock exchange closed down 7.9 percent at 464.23 points — a 25-year-low — while banks suffered a 24.3-percent average drop. This is what a financial crisis looks like. Fortunately things are not this bad here in the U.S. quite yet, but we are on the exact same path that they are. One of the big things that is fueling the banking crisis in Europe is the fact that the too big to fail banks over there have more than 100 billion dollars of exposure to energy sector loans. This makes European banks even more sensitive to the price of oil than U.S. banks. The following comes from CNBC…The four U.S. banks with the highest dollar amount of exposure to energy loans have a capital position 60 percent greater than European banks Deutsche Bank, UBS, Credit Suisse and HSBC, according to CLSA research using a measure called tangible common equity to tangible assets ratio. Or, as Mayo put it, “U.S. banks have more quality capital.”Analysts at JPMorgan saw the energy loan crisis coming for Europe, and highlighted in early January where investors might get hit.“[Standard Chartered] and [Deutsche Bank] would be the most sensitive banks to higher default rates in oil and gas,” the analysts wrote in their January report. There is Deutsche Bank again. It is funny how they keep coming up. In the U.S., the collapse of the price of oil is pushing energy company after energy company into bankruptcy. This has happened 42 times in North America since the beginning of last year so far, and rumors that Chesapeake Energy is heading that direction caused their stock price to plummet a

staggering 33 percent on Monday…Energy stocks continue to tank, with Transocean (RIG) dropping 7% and Baker Hughes (BHI) down nearly 5%. But those losses pale in comparison with Chesapeake Energy (CHK), the energy giant that plummeted as much as 51% amid bankruptcy fears. Chesapeake denied it’s currently planning to file for bankruptcy, but its stock still closed down 33% on the day. And let’s not forget about the ongoing bursting of the tech bubble that I wrote about yesterday. On Monday the carnage continued, and this pushed the Nasdaq down to its lowest level in almost 18 months…Technology shares with lofty valuations, including those of midcap data analytics company Tableau Software Inc and Internet giant Facebook Inc, extended their losses on Monday following a gutting selloff in the previous session.Shares of cloud services companies such as Splunk Inc and Salesforce.com Inc had also declined sharply on Friday. They fell again on Monday, dragging down the Nasdaq Composite index 2.4 percent to its lowest in nearly 1-1/2 years. Those who read my articles regularly know that I have been warning this would happen. All over the world we are witnessing a financial implosion. As I write this article, the Japanese market has only been open less than an hour and it is already down 747 points. The next great financial crisis is already here, and right now we are only in the early chapters. Ultimately what we are facing is going to be far worse than the financial crisis of 2008/2009, and as a result of this great shaking the entire world is going to fundamentally change.Michael Snyder is a writer, speaker and activist who writes and edits his own blogs The American Dream and Economic Collapse Blog.

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